RE: Rocket Science

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

Yeah! My brother auto-x'ed his bright orange 78 Fiesta until he sold it. it
handles awesome when you put on Konis, sways and springs! Still slow as a
pig though..

At 10:58 PM 1/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
>A-HEM! EXCUSE ME???
>
>Puh-lease don't confuse the Fiesta with the Festiva!!! My first car was a
>Fiesta. It rocked. Didn't have much power (65hp?), but when its so light 5
>people can lift it without a problem, how much HP do you need? I used to
>pass 4x4's on the highway in the snow...always wanted to keep it and
>ralley-race it. Made in Germany from something like 77-82. Someone told me
>once that Ford contracted with VW to build them. I can't substantiate this
>but a friend and I did spend some time comparing Chiltons manuals with a Mk1
>Rabbit...they were *awfully* similar.
>
>I had friends with Festivas. Built in Korea by Kia in the late 80's. They
>suck...not much fun to drive at all, though they weren't unreliable. I had
>one hacker friend that managed to dent _every_ body panel on it in about a
>dozen separate accidents, including the roof (his friend helped him roll it
>back over and they drove away), and it just kept running.
>
>Anyway, I just couldn't let someone make fun of my first love...
>
>Neal
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Shawn C Meze
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 6:25 PM
>> To: rdeed@UDel.Edu
>> Cc: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Re: Rocket Science
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:53:21 -0500 (EST) Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>
>> writes:
>>
>> >Yeah, actually.  After much consideration, Mr.Meze finally decided to
>> sell
>> >his rocco and get that Ford Festiva that he had always dreamed about.  I
>> >think he's gonna auto-x it next year, ...right Shawn?
>>
>>
>> Absolutely! Im selling it ASAP! Got my eye on a tan 78 Festiva (auto)
>> that will make a bitchen autoxer! Gonna spank some butt at next years
>> Nationals!!
>>
>>
>>               Shawn Meze
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>> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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